We propose a four-stage model of the organizational actions that potentially increase the
speed and likelihood that an organization will restore its legitimacy with stakeholders …

This paper presents a holistic, contextualised case study of reintegration and trust repair at a
UK utilities firm in the wake of its fraud and data manipulation scandal. Drawing upon …

Organizational misconduct has substantial effects on the well-being of a firm and its
stakeholders. As this body of work has grown, organizational scholars have devoted …

This paper explores the issue of corporate accountability for social injustice. We divide our
discussion into three major parts. First, we discuss the current understanding of large …

Organizational wrongdoing consists of behavior perpetrated by organizational officials (ie,
directors, managers, and/or employees) in the course of fulfilling their organizational roles …

In this article, I address the question of the apportionment of the consequences of
organizational misconduct to individual members of the organizational elite. I argue that this …

Previous work in the areas of organizational trust repair and crisis communication has
provided conflicting answers to the question of whether denial can be more effective than …

Abstract Research Summary We examine how a firm defends its capability and character
reputations in response to different violations. We develop our core theoretical mechanism …

This article explains inconsistency in stakeholder punishment for firm misconduct. It does so
by developing a cognitive view of the process by which stakeholders allocate their limited …

Through a qualitative study of BP executives during and after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil rig
explosion and spill, I examine whether and how the relationship between an organization …